Barrett's #395

[barrett]

Sorry for the poor picture. What's the name of this car? A bonus point if you can provide further details - all I know is the name

[barrett]

Up

[richard cuyler]

British?

[barrett]

Certainly

[Allan L]

It's on a Devon general tradeplate so is it just being sold on by a dealer or was the constructor "in the trade" there?

[barrett]

I believe it was photographed in that part of the world. Possibly wearing trade plates for road testing before it was registered? I'm not sure we'll ever know...

[FrontMan]

Is it based on a Siddeley Special?

[barrett]

I'm not sure what chassis it uses, or how much was scratch-built, but it's certainly not a Siddeley engine

[barrett]

Up again

[nicanary]

It's a sort of Invicta Black Prince meets Jensen PW.

Those P100 headlamps make me think this is a pre-war car which has received a rebody by a not-very-gifted amateur. Is there a Rolls-Royce motor under the bonnet?

[barrett]

Not a Rolls-Royce engine. Probably based on a prewar chassis I guess, but I don't know what

[norberthanke]

Some resemblence to the cars Brough made.

Rgds

Norbert

[barrett]

Not a Brough

[richard cuyler]

PC Swain stopped his bicycle and dismounted.

He had remembered the picture of Lord Hassleworth's RR Silver Ghost with its headlamps missing, presumed stolen. Not recognising the make of the parked car with its apparently stuck-on headlamps, he resolved to bring the matter to the Sergeant's attention. "You just never know", he said to himself, "There might be a promotion in this!"

Were PC Swain's suspicions correct?? Stay tuned for the next thrilling episode of  Autopuzzles, 'Solved', brought to you by the makers of 'Obscure Cars'.

[Carnut]

It's not an Armstrong-Siddeley is it, PC Swain notwithstanding?!

[barrett]

I suspect those headlamps may have been stolen from something rather grander!

It's not an Armstrong Siddeley, or any 'known' make

[andronmash]

Jensen?

[barrett]

No, this is a one-off, named (I suspect) after its builder